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Joshua William Brooks, M.A. (1790 – 15 February 1882) was a priest in the Church of England.
Family
Joshua William Brooks married Frances Summerscales on 1 January 1829 in Sandal Magna, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Career
Brooks was ordained in 1820, and was successively
- Curate of East Retford, Nottinghamshire 1821–1827
- Domestic Chaplain to Viscount Galway 1821–1827
- Vicar of St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough and St Saviour's Church Retford Nottinghamshire 1827–1843
- Rector of St. Helen's Church, Grove 1837–1843
- Domestic Chaplain to William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey c. 1840
- Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 1843–1864
- Prebendary of Lincoln 1858 - ca. 1882
- Rector of Great Ponton, 1864–1882
At St. Mary's he led a campaign to open new churches in Nottingham which resulted in:
- St. Matthew's Church, Talbot Street 1856
- St. Mark's Church, Nottingham 1856
- St. Luke's Church, Nottingham 1863
- St. Ann's Church, Nottingham 1864
- St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham 1864
- All Saints' Church, Nottingham, 1864
Publications
- The Investigator, (editor), 1831–1836
- A Dictionary of Writers on the Prophecies
- Abdiel's Essays on the Advent and Kingdom of Christ, 1834
- Elements of Prophetical Interpretation, 1836
References
- Bowen, M. W. (1997) The Anglican Church in the Industrialised Town, St. Mary's Parish, Nottingham 1770-1884 (M. W. Bowen, MA, M Phil, University of Nottingham, October 1997)
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| Preceded byGeorge Wilkins | Vicar of St.Mary's Church, Nottingham 1843–1864 |
Succeeded byFrancis Morse |